ABN AMRO Bank posts net profit of EUR 619 million in Q1 2025
14 May 2025
Key messages
Solid results: Net profit of EUR 619 million, with a return on equity of around 10%
Good business momentum: Mortgage portfolio grew by EUR 1.7 billion and corporate loans by EUR 0.9 billion
Resilient net interest income despite impact from lower short-term interest rates
Continued fee growth: Increase of 8% compared to Q1 2024, with contributions from all client units
Cost discipline: Underlying costs declined 5% compared to Q4 2024; guidance for full-year 2025 unchanged
Solid credit quality: Impairments of EUR 5 million, reflecting net additions for individual files offset by model-related releases
Strong capital position: Basel IV CET1 ratio of 14.7%
Capital Markets Day to be held in November
Marguerite Bérard, CEO: “As we reflect on the first quarter of 2025, I am honoured to address you as the new CEO of ABN AMRO. I value the trust placed in me by the Supervisory Board to lead our bank in the years to come. In the coming period, my priority will be to lead a strategic review of our activities, while building upon our solid foundations and strong market positions. We will focus on enhancing our profitability, optimising our capital position, right-sizing our cost base and achieving meaningful growth. The outcome of this review will be presented at a Capital Markets Day in November this year.
The Dutch economy continues to demonstrate resilience, with GDP growth in recent years above the Eurozone average, low unemployment and good housing market performance. Thanks to this robust foundation, the economy is well-positioned to navigate the current uncertainties around trade tensions and geopolitical developments. In these challenging times, ABN AMRO performed well, delivering another quarter of solid results and growth in our loan books. This reflects our strategic focus on key growth areas, our credit quality and our ability to adapt to changing market conditions.
In the first quarter of 2025, we showed solid results with a net profit of EUR 619 million and a return on equity of around 10%. This performance was underpinned by resilient net interest income, continued high fee income and limited net impairments. After a few quarters of rising costs, we managed to reduce our underlying costs in Q1 compared to the previous quarter. To deliver on our guidance of keeping underlying costs broadly flat compared to last year, cost discipline remains a priority. Therefore, we enforced increased controls on consultant expenditures and external hiring.
Though challenging for colleagues, as we all need to adjust, it will help us reassess capacity needs and optimise our resources. By collaborating and using our creativity and talents, I believe we can deliver on our strategic ambitions while becoming a more agile organisation.
Our strong capital position, with a Basel IV CET1 ratio of 14.7%, allows us to continue investing in our strategic priorities while maintaining financial stability. In Q1, we submitted the final application to move models to less sophisticated approaches which is now reflected in our capital ratios. The simplification will bring stability and predictability to our capital position. The largest part of our balance sheet remains under advanced models, specifically mortgages, banks and financial institutions. Portfolios that required significant modelling and data efforts will be moved to the standardised approach.
Our continued efforts to improve customer experience resulted in an increase in our Net Promoter Score for Personal & Business Banking during the first quarter of 2025. Clients especially praise our efficient and good customer services, proactive contact, and the convenience of our digital services. This was also recognised by the 2024 Digital Leaders Study, which ranked ABN AMRO among the top performers. Tikkie, with 10 million active users, is a good example of our innovative offering. During King’s Day this year, Tikkie processed a record number of almost 700,000 transactions. We also introduced the Index Mandate, an actively-managed product that invests in underlying passive instruments. With this product we aim to attract younger clients and help them begin with portfolio management.
We remain dedicated to sustainability. In the first quarter we launched the free online Green Building Tool which helps provide commercial real estate clients with insights into opportunities to save energy and improve their energy label. We realise that making the switch to a sustainable society is not always straightforward for our clients. A survey among over 350 business clients at our decarbonisation conference revealed challenges in the energy transition, including high capital expenditure, complexity and cost impacts. We aim to support our clients towards a low-carbon future by providing financing and expertise. One example of how we can help them is our recent agreement with the EIB Group to support Dutch SMEs with favourable financing conditions. This collaboration will enhance economic growth and the sustainability efforts of our clients. It includes the largest risk-sharing agreement with the EIB Group to date, totalling EUR 1 billion.
ABN AMRO believes that everyday represents a new beginning for our customers, and for whom we stand ready to support. I am looking forward to my 'new beginning', collaborating with all my colleagues to deliver results for our stakeholders in the years to come.
This press release is published by ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and contains inside information within the meaning of article 7 (1) to (4) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (Market Abuse Regulation).
Note to editors, not for publication: ABN AMRO Press Office: Jarco de Swart, E-mail: pressrelations@nl.abnamro.com, phone number: +31 (0)20 6288900. ABN AMRO Investor Relations: John Heijning, E-mail: investorrelations@nl.abnamro.com, phone number +31 (0)20 6282282.
Operating results
(in millions)
Q1 2025
Q1 2024
Change
Q4 2024
Change
Net interest income
1,560
1,589
-2%
1,668
-7%
Net fee and commission income
507
469
8%
500
1%
Other operating income
79
139
-43%
72
10%
Operating income
2,145
2,197
-2%
2,240
-4%
Personnel expenses
725
656
10%
743
-2%
Other expenses
584
600
-3%
871
-33%
Operating expenses
1,309
1,257
4%
1,614
-19%
Operating result
836
940
-11%
626
34%
Impairment charges on financial instruments
5
3
52%
9
-44%
Profit/(loss) before taxation
831
937
-11%
618
35%
Income tax expense
212
263
-19%
220
-4%
Profit/(loss) for the period
619
674
-8%
397
56%
Attributable to:
Owners of the parent company
619
674
-8%
397
56%
Other indicators
Net interest margin (NIM) (in bps)
154
162
167
Cost/income ratio
61.0 %
57.2 %
72.0 %
Cost of risk (in bps)¹
1
-1
1
Return on average equity²
9.9 %
11.6 %
6.2 %
Earnings per share (in EUR)3, 4
0.69
0.76
0.43
Client assets (end of period, in billions)
346.9
347.1
344.4
Risk-weighted assets (end of period, in billions)5
141.5
144.2
140.9
Number of internal employees (end of period, in FTEs)
22,267
20,887
21,976
Number of external employees (end of period, in FTEs)
3,312
3,931
3,670
1. Annualised impairment charges on loans and advances customers for the period divided by the average loans and advances customers (excluding at fair value through P&L) on the basis of gross carrying amount and excluding fair value adjustments from hedge accounting.
2. Annualised profit/(loss) for the period, excluding payments attributable to AT1 capital securities and results attributable to non-controlling interests, divided by the average equity attributable to the owners of the company excluding AT1 capital securities.
3. Profit/(loss) for the period, excluding payments attributable to AT1 capital securities and results attributable to non-controlling interests, divided by the average outstanding and paid-up ordinary shares.
4. For Q1 2025, the average number of outstanding shares amounted to 833,048,566 (Q4 2024: 833,048,566; Q1 2024: 860,275,379).
5. As of 1 January 2025, the figures in the table are prepared in accordance with CRR III (Basel IV) regulations. The figures up to 31 December 2024 are prepared in accordance with CRR II (Basel III) regulations.
